Editing Boulder Junction, Wisconsin (section)

== Recreation ==
Winter activities include hunting, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. In summer, golf, camping, paddling, fishing, and biking on the 52 mile paved Heart of Vilas bike trail<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heart of Vilas Bike Trail System |url=https://biketheheart.org/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Heart of Vilas Bike Trail System |language=en-US}}</ref> are popular activities. Year-round activities include horseback riding, bird watching, and hiking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boulder Junction Wisconsin|url=http://Boulderjct.org|publisher=© 2012 Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce, Inc.|accessdate=March 21, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest]] is located near Boulder Junction. It consists of 25,000 acres of forest and lakes, with 54,000 acres of surface water in 930 lakes and 250 miles of rivers and streams. Within the preserve is 15,000 square miles of northern Wisconsin woodland. Because of the large number of lakes and rivers in the area, Boulder Junction has been proclaimed the “Musky capital of the world”.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trip Trivia|url=http://www.triptrivia.com/step4.php?Submit=Submit&State=50&StartCity=2379|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204203308/http://www.triptrivia.com/step4.php?Submit=Submit&State=50&StartCity=2379|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|publisher=Copyright © 2004-2008 TripTrivia Inc.|accessdate=March 21, 2012}}</ref>

Boulder Junction was formerly home to the [[High-adventure bases of the Boy Scouts of America#Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base|Northern Wisconsin National Canoe Base]], a national base of the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Richardson |first=Bruce |title=Region 7 Canoe Base |url=http://www.w9fz.com/canoebase/ |date=June 3, 2008 |accessdate=March 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Region Seven Explorer Canoe Base Guide Book |year=1971}}</ref>
[[File:Camp Manito-wish July 2006 039.jpg|thumb|Camp Manito-wish trip groups, paddling their easy-to-see orange canoes, are frequently seen paddling the lakes and streams in Boulder Junction and the Northern Highland State Forest. ]]
Boulder Junction is the home of [https://manito-wish.org/ Camp Manito-wish YMCA], which was founded in 1919. Manito-wish offers summer camp programs, wilderness tripping and leadership training for teens, families, schools and youth serving organizations.